Welcome to part three in this updated version of my slipcover series. In part one, I covered how to make custom piping and in part two, I show how I cut my fabric pieces to get ready for pinning and sewing. And now we’re going to start pinning and sewing.  This is where people start getting nervous, but we’re going to take it section-by-section and you’ll be surprised how it all comes together to make a slipcover. Really.  If you can sew a reasonably straight line, you can do this. Pin fitting is the best way for me to make a slipcover.  Basically, I use the chair as my model, my dress form, and I pin the slipcover to it, inside out.  There’s no templates or patterns, so it’s a lot more straight forward.  This makes for a nice, tight fitting slipcover. Here’s how… Up next, we’ll start pinning and sewing

Hello, all!  I hope you had a great holiday weekend.  We just got back from visiting Jeff’s family in Raleigh, which is always a fun trip.  I had the chance to meet up with some readers for a day of flea-ing and antiquing and I’ll share all about that in another post. Today, I am continuing the new slipcover series.  You can see part one, the introduction and a tutorial on making custom piping, HERE.  This series is a remake of one I did a few years ago, but my equipment, filming & editing skills and sewing know-how have improved a lot since then, so it was time for an update. In this segment, I show how I cut and lay out the fabric for the slipcover.  I have found it’s helpful to do this all at the same time, so I don’t run out of fabric mid-project, which has